In 2019, I read only 40-50 books. This is very little for me, and for the first time since I began reading in earnest, many of the books were directly related to my music business. Another change is that many of them were autobiographical instead of my regular readings about business and psychology.
Below is are my favourites of 2019 (in order), along with their basic premise, and the way in which they’ve influenced my life this year:
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
All You Need to Know About the Music Business: 10th Edition
Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition
Below are the Runner-Ups:
- Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
- Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
- Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic & the Domestic
- The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America’s Banana King
- Shut Up and Listen!: Hard Business Truths that Will Help You Succeed
- The Fountainhead
- Jiu-Jitsu University